Upon rewatch, I noticed what I think is a plothole in Ted Lasso s1 e6 regarding the curse-breaking ceremony.
Ted doesn't put anything into the fire, which seems odd considering even Rebecca, Higgins, and Nate all put something in. Now that I'm thinking of it, I don't think Beard does either.
It's easy to imagine Ted putting his wedding ring into the fire. Idk if it would burn well exactly, but the opening scene of the episode is him putting his ring in a metal box. It seems like it's such an easy and perfect fix to have him put it in the fire.
This would be a great moment as well, a good bonding moment between him and the team. The footballers all share something vulnerable and the coach shares something in return.
This seems like a flubbed callback or just a simple inconsistency that was intended to occur, but didn't for whatever reason. Maybe it's a situation similar to what happened to the punchline to the British owl joke in s1 e9, where the script editors fucked up a little bit and accidentally cut out the callback where the punchline is revealed. Maybe the callback to the wedding ring was accidentally cut out of the script.
It's also possible the scene was recorded but cut. I doubt this though, because it would be a very weird choice to cut such an important moment from the main character.
It's also possible this moment was never intended to happen, and it's just a small writing inconsistency with an obvious answer.
In my headcanon, the moment occurs.
So there's a prompt for you fic writers: Ted throws his wedding ring into the fire.
As for beard, I can easily picture him throwing something chess-related into the fire, as a reference to his habit of "putting the game before the dame".